Collapsible reel for wire.



w. A, KILMBR ai S.SWANBUM.

GOLLAPSIBLE REEL EDR WERE,

nrmonlos rum JULY s2, um.

Patented Aug. 27, 1912.

, is necessary that some means should be pro- 9-19. Esch channel endportion is pro UNITED STATES Fre TENT OFFICE WILLIAM A.. AND SANFORDSWANBUH, OF DE KALB, ILLINGIS, ASSIGNOBS T0 THE AMERICAN STEEL 6c WIRECOHIPANY QF NEW JERSEY, 0F CHIGAGO, IILLIN'OIIS A CORPORATION 0F NEWJERSEY.

COLLAPSIBLE REEL EGE wl.

specification of Letters retest Patented Aug, 2, 1912.

Application led July 23? l gerie Ee. 573,216.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that we, WILLIAM A. Klum and SANFORD SWANBUM, both of DeKalb, in the county of Dekalb and State of Illimois, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Collapsible Reels for Wire, ofwhich the following is a spefoi-V cation. Y

Our invention relates to reels for wire and particularly for barbed wireand hss psrticular Vreference to a reel of sim le. oonstruotion whichmay be collapsed be ore and after use.

The custom in marketing barbed wire has been to reel the same upon rigidwooden reels, which reels, if any quantity thereof is to be kept onhand, occupy a large storage space, Y

Qur invention further relatos to a reel of this sort, which shellprovide Iineens for the read@y unreeling of the bundle of wire when it1s to be used by the consumer.

The reel described in this application is the same as that shown in ouroofpending application led of even date herewith for supports forcollapsible wire reels, Serial No. 573,217.

Our invention will be more readily understood by referen to theaccompanying drawings, wherein,

Figure 1 is a pers showing in dotted ine's a bundle of wire woundhereon;Fig. 2 is perspective view showing the reel collapsed, and 3 is afragmentary section through one o the end pieces of the reeli Y As willbe seen from the drawings, the reel is composed of duplicate endportionse 5-6, which are preferably in the forni of s channel havingwebs, 748, and ilanges,

`tive view of our reel vided with live openings, the purpose or whichwill now be described.

The opening, 11., rmidwav of the length of the end portions, is providedfor an uni-eel1 ing arbor. As will be readily understood, ii

vided whereby the bundle of wire san be sex curelv mounted while thewirens being removed therefrom. The holes,v l2-TE, ere preferablypunobed out es showng the lip sr moisi prinelied out being adapted to bebent over beolward and to form a slip or clamp for the eross wires. Thesmall openings, 13-13, are rovided for the aodonimodetion ofbinderwires, 13, which are applied after the wire has been wound onine reel.

hr order to provide a connection between tbe two end portions of thereel, we provide the cross or stay wires, 1491?, which are bent torectangular outline end joined as et, lfw. AThe portions which pass overthe channel end portions, 5 6, are securely held against removal by theclips. 18-4l9, formed 'of the metal punched from the openings, 12-12.

It is essential that a reel of this sort shall be provided with fourcross wires instead of two or one, in order that there may be a bearingor the wire :it s plurality of points to enable the bundle of wire to becompletely unwound. As desoribed in our izo-pending applicationmentioned above, it has been found essential that the wire in windingshould, at its central portion or opening through the bundle, be woundas nearly in apircle as possible, and for this purpose we have provideda resi support which has st least six cross members, thus having e.substantially circular bearing for the wire. it will therefore bereadily understood that the openings, lil-12 are necessary in order toaccommodate the cross members of such e support ssd that these openingsforni an iin orient part of our invention.

he object in making the end portions of the reel of channel shape is toseeure the strength with the minimum weight of metal.

is various modifications will reedilv suggest themselves to thoseskilled in the art, do not limit ourselves to the specific com structionherein shown and described.

We claim:

i. A skeleton wire reel for barbed wire, comprisin cha'nnel shaped endportions end provi ed with through. openings for the sosornrnodation ofan unreeling arbor and tbe cross members of a reel support, land :iplurality of connecting wires between seid end portions, substantiallyas described.

2, A skeleton wire reel for barbed wire,

lll() comprising channel shaped end portions up from the material of theend portions,

and provi accommodation of an unreeling arbor and the cross members of areel support, and u plurality of connecting wires between said endportions, said cross Wires being secured to sind end portions by meansof clips struck ed with through openings for the substantially asdescribed.

WILLIAM A. KILMER. SANFORD SWANBUM. Witnesses:

VICTOR E. HJERTSTEDT, T. D. TEMPLE.

